Chapter 62: An Unforgettable Birthday Party (02)

  It was also a coincidence, or perhaps it was the deliberate arrangement of heaven, that Chen Haonan's 17th birthday happened to fall on Sunday. Of course, this wasn't something Chen Haonan had counted down on his calendar, because his birthday was on the eighteenth day of the tenth month in the lunar calendar, while his old friend Li Donglin's birthday was on the eleventh: their birthdays were exactly a week apart.

  On Li Donglin's birthday, he came to find Chen Haonan. Because of the fear in his heart, Chen Haonan didn't dare go to Li Donglin's house for dinner, but that kid insisted on dragging him there, and he had no choice but to agree...

  Arriving at Li Donglin's home, Chen Haonan and Li Jia were still chatting and laughing, but he didn't dare to look into her eyes because they were filled with a scorching heat and expectation: the heat made him uncomfortable; the expectation made his heart flutter.

  Fortunately, the meal ended soon, and Chen Haonan found an excuse to slip out. Li's parents and Lee Donglin did not suspect anything, but Li Jia knew that Chen Haonan was avoiding him. Nevertheless, she still smiled slightly and saw him out the door.

  As Chen Haonan walked back to school, he thought a lot in his heart. He regretted the trip to Lin Yu Village with Li Jia and hated himself for being so impulsive at that time - accidentally kissing her. Although young and reckless, he knew he had made an eternal mistake... Perhaps some things are destined to happen, and no one can avoid them!

  October 18th of the lunar calendar, Sunday. Chen Haonan had never been very particular about his birthday, but this time he decided to ask Li Donglin and Yu Fen and Yu Na sisters to go out for a meal after school - although he also thought of Li Jia, but he still felt that it was better not to: he was afraid of her gaze.

  In the first three classes, Chen Haonan was a bit distracted, but in the fourth class, he became very serious. Because this class was his favorite Chinese class, although Teacher Xia, who taught it, had some facial features that were not quite right and didn't look very good, her class was indeed very vivid. This class was about several Tang poems, Chen Haonan seriously took notes...

  Until the bell rang, classmates shouted "Freedom!" and rushed out of the classroom. After quickly packing up their books and notebooks, Chen Haonan was ready to go find Dong Lin, as well as Yu Fen and Yu Na sisters.

  However, just as he was about to leave the classroom, Chen Haonan saw Li Donglin rushing in against the crowd, sweating profusely. He went forward and supported Li Donglin with one hand, and Chen Haonan smiled and said: "I was just going to find you! You little devil actually has a bit of conscience, able to remember my birthday..."

  "Hao, Hao Nan," Li Donglin said with a deep breath, "Yu Fen suddenly fainted while eating at Fu Yun Ju..."

  Chen Haonan's expression changed drastically, and the birthday matter was immediately forgotten. He only grabbed Li Donglin's collar and asked loudly: "What is going on here?"

  "I'm not clear either, just now I was on my way home and ran into Yu Na at the school gate. She said her sister had fainted at 'Fu Yun Ju' and didn't know what to do, so she rushed over to find you... So, I let her go back and take care of Yu Fen first, then I hurried over to find you..." Li Donglin was still panting heavily, with sweat dripping down his forehead.

  "Where did these two little girls run to eat?" Chen Haonan muttered and rushed out the door, Li Donglin also hurriedly ran out.

  "Fuyunju" was the place where Chen Haonan was dragged by Xiao Qiuming last time to have those three little rascals treat him to dinner and drinks as an apology. It's the best wine house in Linfeng Town, located on the banks of a small river that runs through the center of the town, still some distance from the school gate of Yannan S. Chen Haonan ran all the way to the front of "Fuyunju", but he immediately froze, just as Li Donglin also rushed over and hastily asked: "Where are they?"

  "I heard Yuna say it's probably in a room on the second floor..."

  "Is it Ya Jian again?" Chen Haonan muttered softly, and then rushed into "Fuyunju". Without responding to the waiter's greeting, he walked through the hall, stepped on the stairs and went straight to the second floor's Ya Jian.

  The second floor had more than a dozen rooms. However, strangely, all the room doors were wide open, except for the one at the very end, which was tightly closed, as if opening that door would reveal some kind of "big conspiracy". But before he could think any further, Chen Haonan hastily pushed the door open. Just as he did, Chen Haonan was stunned: on the table in the center of the room sat a large cake, and three girls - Yu Fen, Yu Na, and Li Jia - were singing "Happy Birthday" and rushing towards him, throwing colorful ribbons at him.

  "Ah? You scared me to death, you three little rascals!" Chen Haonan let out a deep sigh and happily fell onto the sofa. Just then, Li Donglin also rushed into the room, panting, and sat down, laughing as he complained: "Haonan, in order to trick you, this little brat, these three girls almost got me killed - on such a cold day they made me get my hair all wet... if I catch a cold, you'll have to pay for my medical expenses!"

  "How dare you say that, and not even give me a heads up beforehand? I was running around like a madman!" Chen Haonan flipped over and pressed down on Li Donglin, not caring if he was tired or not.

  "Stop it, you two!" Yu Na stepped forward and pulled Chen Haonan, handing each of them a small towel. Smiling, she continued, "If the show wasn't so realistic, how could I have fooled my clever brother Haonan?"

  "Nana, you and Fen'er have really grown up, and you're actually working together to cheat me?" Chen Haonan took the towel, smiled and glared at Yu Nana, then glared at Yu Fen who was covering her mouth and laughing. Then, he saw Li Jia standing aside smiling too, so he asked in a hurry: "Jiajia, how did you come here too - are you also learning to be a 'little cheat' from your brother?"

  "Hey, hey!" Li Donglin hastily interrupted, "Haonan, you're wrong to say that! These ghost ideas were all thought up by your two good sisters, don't blame me! I'm just a messenger!" As soon as Li Donglin said this, everyone laughed even harder. Li Jia, who was about to respond to Chen Haonan, also stopped and couldn't help but laugh uncontrollably.

  "Don't laugh, let Haonan cut the cake first, and then we'll have dinner..." Yu Fen somehow retreated to the side of the table, she said while untying the ribbon on the cake box.

  "Good! Good!" Yu Na and Li Jia hurriedly smiled and echoed, and pushed Chen Haonan to the edge of the table.

  It's been many years since I've had a birthday like this, and today I have so many good friends accompanying me. Chen Haonan's heart is not just happy and excited. Looking at the words on the cake: Happy Birthday to Brother Haonan! His tears seemed to be about to burst...